LORDS & LADIES (NMN 17)
Written by C.T. Prime. Illustrated by Robert J. Jones.
Stock no. 2134984
Published by Collins. 1st 1960. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist Monograph series no. 17. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. Colour frontis, 6 b/w photos plus line drawings and diagrams. Bumping to top and tail of spine. Pale foxing/browning to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is browned to spine with a few foxspots; closed tear to one corner.

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THE TEMPLE OF FLORA: THE FLOWER PLATES
No author listed. Illustrated by Robert Thornton.
Stock no. 1820349
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2008. Fine condition.

Very large format. Green cloth boards, gilt title. Green ribbon ties. The Flower Plates from Robert Thornton's 'The Temple of Flora' are taken from the edition of 1980 copies published by The Folio Society in 2008. They are printed on Modigliani paper by Beacon Press, Uckfield, Sussex. 29 plates in total. All plates present and immaculate. Portfolio has a slight scuff to rear board (very minor).

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THE TEMPLE OF FLORA
Written by Stephen Harris. Illustrated by Robert Thornton.
Stock no. 2125063
Published by Folio Society. 2008. Fine condition.

Very large format. The first ever full-size facsimile of the greatest English florilegium. Quarter-bound in Nigerian goatskin, cloth sides. Front board printed and blocked with design by David Eccles from 'The Night-Blowing Cereus'. 232 pages with 9 preliminary monochrome plates, 5 preliminary colour plates and 29 flower illustrations. Text printed on felt-marked Modigliani Neve paper and plates printed on Modigliani Insize. Green ribbon marker. Coloured top edges. Book Size: 22.5" x 18.25". Commentary volume by Stephen Harris. Presented in solander box, bound in buckram. 128 pages. 12" x 8.25". Of the Limited edition of 1980 copies only 600 have been bound into book form. Due to the size of this book, if posted, it will need to be sent via courier. This is Copy No. 90. Also contains 2 beautiful colour plates in an envelope - for you to frame! Contained in original slip case that has bumping to a couple of corners and some scuff marks. This is a gorgeous item! This copy would make a wonderful gift. This book is VERY heavy and will be needed to be sent via courier.

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THE SURINAM ALBUM
Written by Julie Harvey. Illustrated by Maria Sybylla Merian.
Stock no. 1812675
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2006. Nearly fine condition.

Facsimile edition with introductory booklet in custom made clamshell box. 91 watercolour facsimiles from the Maria Sibylla Merian Collection in the British Museum. Maria Sibylla Merian was one of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries' great painters of plants and animals. Limited edition of 1000. A sturdy inner panel holds the commentary volume underneath. This is bound in green cloth and printed on high-quality white laid paper. Julie Harvey of the Entomology Library at the Natural History Museum has written a fascinating introduction to Merian's work, setting it in context and providing an overview of her life and times. Due to the size of this book, if posted, it will need to be sent via courier. Small scuff mark to top of rear board (minor). Else a beautiful copy. Copy No. 16 of 1000. Clam shell case is in fine condition. Contained in original packaging from the Folio Society - polystyrene (reinforced and repaired with brown tape) and cardboard box. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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FLORA DE MALLORA (4 VOLUMES)
Written by Francesc Bonafe Barcelo.
Stock no. 2114978
Published by Editorial Moll. 1977. Very good condition.

Large format. Brown leatherette; gilt titles to spines, vignettes to front. Numerous b/w photos throughout. Text in SPANISH! Split to side of spine on Volume I. Grubby marks and some foxing to covers and pages of some volumes.

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THE PLANT-LIFE OF THE BALKAN PENINSULA A PHYTOGEOGRAPHICAL STUDY
Written by W.B. Turrill.
Stock no. 1809254
Published by Oxford at the Clarendon Press. 1st 1929. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Oxford Memoirs on Plant Geography. A monograph. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 11 maps & 10 plates. 490 pages including index. Slight mottling to rear board else boards nice and clean. SIGNED by the author to title page. Minor foxing to text block else contents clean. Price-cut, plain wrapper with blue titles is slightly browned.

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HIMALAYAN PLANTS VOLUME 1
Written by Hideaki Ohba; Samal B. Malla.
Stock no. 1809058
Published by University Of Tokyo. 1st 1988. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A comprehensive guide to the plants of the Himalayas based on extensive field research carried out in 1983 and 1985 by a University of Tokyo botanical research project team. This is the first volume of five. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w plates, b/w text figures. x and 386 pages including index. ISBN: 060084272. Corners lightly bumped. Text block a little dusty. Contents fine.

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GERANIACEAE THE NATURAL ORDER OF GERANIA (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Robert Sweet.
Stock no. 2111584
Published by James Ridgway. Very good condition.

This is Volumes 1 & 2 ONLY (of a 5 volume set). More modern binding of plain green covers. 192 beautiful hand coloured engraved plates. Comprising the numerous and beautiful mule-varieties cultivated in the gardens of Great Britain, with directions for their treatment. Plain covers are very marked, with uneven browning. Corners are bumped and worn. Bookplates to front pastedowns. Page browning and some foxing. A few margin marks. Some tissue-guards are worn and creased, but all present, as are all hand coloured plates.

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THE EUROPEAN GARDEN FLORA FLOWERING PLANTS VOLUME II
Written by James Cullen; Sabina G. Knees; H. Suzanne Cubey; et al.
Stock no. 1207199
Published by Cambridge University Press. 2nd 2011. Fine condition.

Casuarinaceae to Cruciferae. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. xix + 642 pages. 2nd edition. ISBN: 9780521761512. Book mint except for namestamp to front endpaper and foredge.

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THE EUROPEAN GARDEN FLORA FLOWERING PLANTS VOLUME I
Written by James Cullen; Sabina G. Knees; H. Suzanne Cubey; et al.
Stock no. 1207197
Published by Cambridge University Press. 2nd 2011. Fine condition.

Alismataceae to Orchidaceae. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. xix + 665 pages. 2nd edition. ISBN: 9780521761475. Book mint except for namestamp to front endpaper and foredge.

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CIRCUMPOLAR ARCTIC FLORA
Written by Nicholas Polunin.
Stock no. 1206974
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1959. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. xxviii + 514 pages. B/w illustrations. Ex-lib but with very few stamps and marks to prelims. Name stamp to foredge, rear joint cracked. Library number to spine. Overall a nice bright copy.

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ELEMENTARY BOTANICAL PLATES
Written by Robert John Thornton.
Stock no. 2109001
1810. Very good condition.

Very large format. Modern binding; green cloth spine; grey covers with printed title label stuck to front. Illustrative of the science of botany....but more particularly intended to illustrate botanical extracts; or the philosophy of botany. Made up from sections of the author's work: A New Illustration of the Sexual System of Carolus Von Linnaeus. Contains 44 engraved plates; mostly showing specimens viewed under the microscope. Some light wear to cover edges; a bit of damage to home made title label. First 2/3rds of pages have been trimmed, especially to bottom edge; others are uncut; some pages look longer internally than others. Foxing and some grubby margin marks spread to page throughout the book. Damp staining to corners and a couple of edges of pages.

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